The piano plays torch songs, and the fluffy house cat has mischievous habits that transcend even the paranormal. Then there's that little wet dog. Atlanta gay couple Whit and Casey find the country home of their dreams, but they find out it's haunted. After some scary adventures they buy the place, but can't decide whether to move in. The sexy ghosts turn out to be pre-incarnations of themselves.

Dean, a 22-year old female-to-male-transsexual, is no LGBT poster boy. Unemployed, depressed, mid-transition, friendless, and still living in the upstairs bedroom of his parents’ house, he can think of little to do but write his memoir. In the third person, he tells the tale of his would-be love affair with his college roommate, Colin, another trans man with a girlfriend and a successful band.

Lyle's life is now complicated by a number of factors. First and foremost, a kidnapper has emerged on the scene, abducting children. Things really heat up, though, when the bad guy starts signing names to his notes... familiar names. And then there's FBI agent, Orlando Alvarez, with whom Lyle butts antlers at every turn, and yet he finds an unalterable attraction towards the man.